Door holder



June 3, 1930.

S. W. HOUSTON noon HIOLDER Filed May 18, 1929 PatentedJuneS, 1 930 uN ETA was; optics SALEM w. HOUSTON, or rxrmsnonemrnnnsynvimm noon HOLDERApplication filed. May 18,1929. Serial Bio 364,187

This invention relates to devices for holding a door in a predeterminedposition; and it consists of a clamping device specially constructed tohold a door securely in a posi- 5 tion toenable the lock seat tobe-suitably mortised. vIt'is necessary that'the door be held securely,.and theyvarious wedges ordinarily used for that purpose are notsatisfac tory as the door is not held. with sufficient;-

security, and an injurytothe door is'often caused thereby.

In thedrawings,

Fig. 1 is a front view of and horizontalv end portions having theirlower sides adapted to project above .;the

levelof, the "bottom of th door, clamping, i screws screwed into theporfiOns they, .7

bar, and blocks swivelled onthe end portions of the screws and-providedwith facings of relatively soft 'materialc for bearing on the fioor,said blocks beingarrangedone oneach I Y side of the Verticalportionsflof the v 7 In testimonywhereof I afiix my signature.

.S L M W.' Ho s oN a door holder constructed according to thisinvention, showing also portions otthe door and floor.- Fig. 2 is a planView of the doorholder. Fig. 3 is a detail view of aportion of one ofthe clamping screws'showing the swivelled' shoe in section.

A crank-shaped bar 5 is provided having its end portions 6 arranged inline with each i other. Screws .7 are arranged to screw in holes 7 inthe end portions ,6, and are 7 arranged vertically and; parallel to eachother. Each screw hasa shoe 8 at its bottom H v 5 end, connected-to itby a swivel joint 9, and I each shoe preferably has a block '10 ofindia" rubber at its bottom. 'The block is secured to the shoe, and itslower surface is corru. gated or roughened in any suitable way. Thescrews have suitable handles 12, or: other means for rotating them,at'their upper ends. The, bar 5 is made of strong and stiff metal. I

The crank-shaped middle portion of the bar is slipped under the bottomportion of the door 14, so that it straddles it, and-the so i in thespace between the bottom of the. door v v and; the floor, verticalportions adaptedto 50 PIOJQCt upwardlyat the sides of the door,

